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===== Notes on Linux Games ======
Notes about games available on [[linux]].

Note that lots of other games are easy to run on Linux with [[wine]] and [[steam#Steam Play]] :-) On the [[microsoft_windows_notes|windows recs.]] page I include a note on how the game runs on Linux 8-)

^ //A Short Hike// | also on: Mac, PS4, Switch, Win, XBO |
| I enjoyed plopping round the islands well enough, but it's all a bit too slippery and frictionless, and the story and dialogue are pretty tedious and twee. ||
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^ //[[a_valley_without_wind_series#A Valley Without Wind]]// | also on: Mac, Windows |
| Really interesting adventure game with all sorts of mechanisms in it. That kinda game where it feels to big to know, where you're always finding something new. All of [[Arcen]]'s game have this kind of richness, in my experience. ||
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^ //[[a_valley_without_wind_series#A Valley Without Wind 2]]// | also on: Mac, Windows |
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^ //The Battle for Wesnoth// | also on: Android, OSX, Win, ? |
| I've only played it a little, but thought it was really good. It was so long ago I'll need to start fresh next time though. Nice to play an open-source game that's not trying to be a clone of anything. ||
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^ //BATTLETECH// | also on: OSX, Win |
| Haven't played much so far, but am enjoying it. Turn-base tactical game. ||
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^ //[[clairvoyance]]// | also on: Mac, Win |
| //Clairvoyance// is a turn-based, [[multiplayer#asynchronous|asynchronous multiplayer]] game where you control a group of four robots trying to destroy your opponent's. The fun is in trying to predict what they'll do, and how things go wrong and right because of that :)\\ Never had any luck running it on [[arch_linux|Arch]], but *buntus seem fine. Works perfect in [[wine]]. ||
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^ //CrossCells// | also on: Mac, Win |
| [[Logic puzzle]] that gets too mathsy for me. Same guy as the //[[Hexcells]]// games ||
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^ //Door Kickers// | also on: OSX. Win |
| If you want //[[frozen_synapse]]// with worse art direction, worse controls, no multiplayer, and leveling guff, //and// you have a hard-on for cops, then maybe //Door Kickers// is for you! ||
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^ //Ex-Zodiac// ''[demo]'' | also on: Mac, Win |
| Maybe a bit //too// //[[star_fox_series|Star Fox]]//y, and uses the fashionable, oversaturated colour palette I hate, but otherwise seems real solid. Looking forward to seeing what they add. ||
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^ //Freeciv// | also on: Browser, Win, ? |
| Really hasn't clicked with me. I think it's mostly the lack of personality. You can choose from a great list of nations, but they're all the same, just a different flag. ||
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^ //Freedom Planet// | also on: OSX, PS4, WiiU, Win |
| My favourite //Sonic// game :) ||
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^ //[[frozen_synapse]]// | also on: Win |
| Tight, turn-based tactical game. Really great as a play-it-when-you're ready asynchronous multi thing. Lots of flexibility with how you control your people, and for simulating the behaviours of your opponents'. ||
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^ //[[Frozen Synapse 2]]// | also on: Win |
| It got real crashy on my and I switch to the Windows version. Really didn't play much, and didn't enjoy the grander scope, but want to give it a proper go later. ||
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^ //[[kentucky_route_zero]]// | also on: Mac OS, PS4, Switch, Win, XB0 |
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^ //[[mini_metro]]// | also on: Android, iOS, OSX, PS4, Switch, Win |
| I always think this is a relaxing puzzle game, but it's not relaxing at all! Still, I really like it. Has a nice blend of things I like from puzzles and city builders.\\ There's now a sequel called //[[Mini Motorways]]//, but there's no Linux version. ||
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^ //Picross Touch// | also on: Mac, Windows |
| It's okay, but the puzzles are way too easy; so many are symmetrical. There's a puzzle creator and Steam Workshop support, which I haven't dug int yet.  ||
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^ //Princess Remedy 2: In A Heap of Trouble// | also on: OSX, Win |
| Like its Windows-only predecessor, //Princess Remedy// is a sweet adventure game where you go round healing creatures. Graphics are Speccy-like and presented like a JRPG, but the 'battles' are real-time, single-screen things. It's pretty relaxed and you can retry things if you fail. ||
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^ //[[rocket_league]]// | also on: PS4, Switch, Win, XBO |
| <del><3 One of my faves, and I still play it a bunch. Fun on my own, fun with pals.</del> No longer supports Linux >: ||
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^ //[[civilisation_v|Sid Meier's Civilization V]]// | also on: OSX, Win |
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^ //Tanks of Freedom// | also on: Android, Browser, BSD, OSX, Win |
| An open-source //[[wars_series|Advance Wars]]// clone, that I didn't enjoy so much. The damage stuff is really simplified, and it felt like things too-easily turned into battles of attrition, with not much tactical variety.\\ It has a level editor though!||
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